Menopause

Women have plenty to deal with during menopause. There are [mood:blood] fluctuations and hot flashes. And now a study adds documented memory loss. In previous studies, women reported that they had memory [lapses:collapse] during menopause. But this new study wanted to see if there was an objectively arrived at connection. Researchers tested 68 women between ages 44 and 62 years on their [attention:attraction] and recall. All the women had reported having at least 35 hot flashes per week. One test involved looking at a line drawing for 10 seconds and then trying to reproduce the figure immediately afterward. The [complexity:proximity] of the drawing increased over 10 trials. In another test researchers read out a string of numbers and the subjects had to repeat the numbers back. Women who'd reported trouble remembering indeed [performed:produced] poorly on tests involving memory.